Combination game apparatus



May 14, 1940- c. R. sHuLTz 2,200,456

CUMBINATION GAME APPARATUS f Filed June 3, 19:58 7 snets-sheet 1 Lfg. ai? Q /0 llllllllllll H' T5 llllllllllll BAJE :BALL

May 14, 1940.

C. R. SHULTZ COMBINATION GAME APPARATUS Filed June 3, 1938 7Sheets-Sheet 2 May 14, 1940. c. R. SHULTZ 2,200,450

COMBINATION GAME APPARATUS Filed June 3, 1938 '7 Sheets-Sheet 3 May 14,1940- c. R. svHuL-rz 2,200,456

COMBINATION GAME APPARATUS I Filed June 3, 1958 '7 Sheets-Sheet 5me/who@ CQ/f'epce @bulbi May 14, 1940.

c. R.v sHULTz 2,200,456

COMB INAT I ON GAME APPARATUS Filed June 3, 1938 '7 Sheets-Sheet 6 May14, 1940., C. R. SHULTZ 2,200,456

COMBINATION GAME APPARATUS www Patented May 14, 1940 @NITE STATESeArsN'r OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention, relating as indicated to a combirra-tion game apparatus,is more particularly directed to a mechanism through the medium of whichany one of a number of diierent games can be played by merely selectingthe desired game.

A cabinet is provided for the reception of a game panel which maysimulate the game of football, for example. In lthe ,event that anothergaine yis more desirable to the player the football game panel can bewithdrawn and a different game, for example baseball, golf, tennis, orbasketball, substituted in its place.

It is among the objects of the invention to play the gaines by means ofimpacting a target with a missile so that the success of a playerdepends upon his skill as a marksman.

A detailed object of the invention isto'` provide electrical meansactuated by the target which in turn illuminate lamps on the playingfield of the gaine to indicate the progress of the playeras hesuccessively strikes the target.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dice which can becontained in the vsame cabinet with the athletic games so that almostevery variety of entertainment is afforded a niarksrnan according to histastes.

A still further object of the invention is to encourageV niarksnianship,especially with riies or other weaponsoi similar character, the marks-3G man not only having the incentive of striking the target butinaddition being urged to shoot accurately since he is engaged in acompetitive contest.

Heretofore it has been known to play games by meansciE targets but myapparatus distin- `guishesy from any previous game apparatus with whicham acquainted by providing a single target for each player, there beingmeans associated with each target to completely imitate the playing oian gaine such as football, baseball Another object of the invention isto provide one compact cabinet for holding six or more so that thecabinet can be readily moved troni place to place and the particulargame, which is popular in the place where the cabinet is moved, may beemployed.

` To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, saidvinvention, then, consists of the :3o means hereinafter fully describedand particulariy pointed out in the claims; thev annexed drawings andthe following description setting forth in detail certain structureembodying the irn/entioa,lv such disclosed structure constituting, :,7,l.innover, but one of various structural forms in (Cl. 27E-102.2)

which the principle of the invention may be used.

In the accompanying drawings.

Fig. l is a partial front elevation of the cabinet showing the iootballpanel in position to be used.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. i is a front elevation of the baseball game panel.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the golf panel.

Fig. 6 is a iront elevation of the tennis panel.

Fig. 'l is a front elevation of the basketball panel.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the baseball panel shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the baseball panel shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. l0 is an end elevation of the golf panel shown in Fig. 5.

11 is a rear elevation of the golf panel shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 12 is an endelevation of the tennis panel shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 13 is a rear elevation of the tennis panel shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. lll is an end elevation of the basketball panel sho-Wn in Fig. '1.

Fig. l5 is a rear elevation of the basketball panel shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. v16 is a rear elevation of the cabinet shown in Fig. 1 with thefootball game panel removed.

Fig. 17 isa partial vertical section of the left handportion of Fig. 16.

Fig. 18 is a similar section of the right hand portion of Fig. 16.

Fig. 19 is a detail elevation of a part of Fig. 16.

Fig. 20 is a side elevation of Fig. 19.

Fig. 21 is a side elevation of the right hand side of the disk shown inthe lower left hand corner of Fig. 16.

Fig. 22 is a central section of Fig. 21.

Fig. 23 is a side elevation of Fig. 22.

Fig. 24 is a plan view looking from` below of the lighting drum shown inthe lower right hand corner of Fig. 16.

Fig. 25 is an end elevation of Fig. 24.

Fig. 26 is a rear elevation of the football game panel shown in thecabinet in Fig. 1.

Fig. 27 is an end elevation of Fig. 26.

Fig. 28v is a horizontal section taken just below the top of the cabinetshown in Fig. 29.

Fig. 29 is a vertical section taken on linev 29-29 of 28.

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Fig. 30 is a transverse vertical section taken on line SII- 38 of Fig.28.

Fig. 31 is a plan view taken from above of Fig. 29.

Fig. 32 is a detail of the lower central portion of Fig. 16.

Fig. 33 is a front elevation similar to Fig. 1 with the dice gamereceived in the cabinet instead of the football game.

Fig. 34 is a central vertical section of Fig. 33.

Fig. 35 is a horizontal section taken on line Sli-35 of Fig. 34.

Fig. 36 is a section taken on a line adjacent the front portion 2 ofFig. 34.

Referring now to the drawings, and more par ticularly to Fig. l, it willbe seen that the cabinet has a front portion 2 with an aperture 3therein behind which a vertical partition 4 is provided having openings5 and 6. These openings lie immediately in front of the targets whichwill be subsequently described and are so designed that each shooter mayhit his target and play the game until he misses, whereupon his opponentaims at the other target and shoots until he misses. The front portion 2of the cabinet is provided with a window behind which the game panel I4is received, which in this instance, is the football gaine. This panelis provided with a series of lamps I9 which are supposed to illustratethe position of the ball. 'I'he left hand side I2 of the cabinet, asviewed in Fig. l, is provided with a door 8 and when the door is openall of the various panels may be slidably received, after which theopening is closed by said door. The upper part I0 of the cabinet may beprovided with ribs 2IJ and the horizontal partition 9 (see Fig. 3) maybe likewise provided with such ribs which engage grooves in thehorizontal edges of the panels.

'Ihe baseball panel is generally indicated at I5 and has arepresentation of a baseball diamond thereon and is provided with lampsat rst base, second base, third base, pitchers box and home plate. Thispanel I 5 also has a score board thereon to indicate the number of hits.On the right hand end of the panel, as viewed in Fig. 4, there are anumber of electrical contacts, numbered I to I I and R, which aredesigned to abut a similar set of contacts in the cabinet shown in Fig.3. These cooperating contacts engage when the panel I5 is pushed intoplace and achieve the position of the football panel shown in Fig. 1.The contacts on the end of the panel I5 lead to the various lamps and tothe score board.

The golf game shown in the panel, generally indicated at I6, contains aseries of lamps, one on each green and each tee, the tees beingindicated by squares and the greens being indicated In playing this gamea player shoots until he hits the target which lights the lamp on greenI. I-Ie then marks down the number of shots necessary to get to thegreen. The other player then takes his turn and proceeds in the samemanner. When both players have reached the ninth green the total scoresare added much in the manner of the conventional game oi' golf.

The tennis game shown in Fig. 6 contains a miniature tennis court on thefront face of panel I1 with lamps at each of the four corners of thecourt. One player shoots at one target, then the other player shoots atthe other target and when a player misses the lamp across the net doesnot illuminate indicating a miss in exactly the same manner as theordinary game of tennis.

The basketball panel is generally indicated at I8 and contains aminiature basketball court with a series of lamps which illuminatesuccessively to indicate the progress of the ball. Each hit by theplayer advances the ball one position until the rst basket is made,whereupon the lamp at the end of the court is illuminated and afterwhich the lamp in the center of the court is illuminated to indicatereturn of the ball to the other center. The other player then shoots inthe same manner and the process is repeated until the game is finished.

The wiring diagrams shown in Figs. 9, 11, 13 and 15 are believed to besufiiciently clear as not to require any further description. Suiiice itto say that as the ball proceeds in basketball, tennis, golf andfootball lamps successively become illuminated indicating the positionof the ball. In baseball, of course, the lamps indicate the position ofa man.

In Fig. 16 I have shown the mechanism by which the various lamps areilluminated. Two motors L and R are provided, both of which operate inexactly the same manner, the purpose being to change the direction ofplay on the game panel after a player misses so that as his opponentstarts to shoot, the ball or man, depending upon the game being played,will travel in the reverse direction. The actuating mechanism as shownmore clearly in Fig. 17 comprises a rocker arm 29 mounted directlybehind the target, pivoted at 3D to the support 3l, such rocker armhaving a bifurcated end 32 which moves the pivoted knife switch 33, thusmaking and breaking the circuit to the motor R. 'I'he rocker arm 29 ismoved to close switch 33 when target 24 is impacted by a bullet passingthrough the aperture 5 in the vertical partition 4. This partitionincidentally, may or may not extend the full height of the cabinet. Thetarget 24 is normally held closely adjacent the opening 5 by means ofcoil spring 25, and the shaft 26 of the target has a striking disk 21secured to one end thereof adapted to engage bumper plate 28. When thebumper plate is engaged, the rocker arm is moved to the left as viewedin Fig. 17 closing the switch 33 and starting motor R. Motor arm 31 thenmoves in the direction of the arrow and the roller 38 at the end of thearm engages bumper plate 39 which swings the rocker arm 29 and moves theknife switch 33 to the position shown in Fig. 17, thus breaking thecircuit to motor R. A standard 40 is placed in position to receive themotor arm and to restrict its rotative movement. pivoted to motor arm 31is adapted to engage the serrations in a star wheel 49 to rotate shaft50. This is brought about by spring 4I which moves the motor armadjacent the standard 40 since the current has been cut off to the motorR, and a second spring 43 aids in maintaining contact between the end oflever 42 and the star wheel 49. The lever or push rod 42 is alsoprovided with adjustable stops 44 and 45 which engage the link 46 thatis pivoted at 41 to a switch plate. The knife switch 48 is xedly securedto the link 46 so that as the lever 42 reciprocates the switch blade 48will make and break a circuit, which leads to clearing device IDU and iscompleted through same.

In Fig. 18 a duplicate mechanism is shown associated with the motor L.This mechanism operates in exactly the same manner as described withrespect to Fig. 17 and need not be discussed in detail. As the levers 42and 42a cause rota- A lever or push rod 42 CII tion of the star wheels49 and 49a the shaft 50 is rotated, which in turn rotates the lightingdrum 55. This drum is provided with a series of contacts 55 which leadto the upper series o-f contacts in the top portion of the cabinet,numbered i to Il', inclusive. These contacts are used to play the gamesof football, basketball, golf or tennis. As the drum 55 rotates thecircuit is made to the various lamps, thus indicating the position ofthe ball on the playing field.

A further make and break device is shown in Figs. i9 and 20, thespecific function of which is to permit the lighting of the lamps as theball progresses and to then permit lighting of the score board lamps asthe scores are made. V'This make and break device is mounted on shaft 50and consists of levers Gli and 6|, the lever 60 having an outer hingedportion 62 held in place by means of wire spring 6l. The lever 6| has asimilar outer portion held in place by a wire spring 65 and both leversare provided at their extremities with iber rollers 63 and 65,respectively.

When the shaft 5I! revolves in a counter-clockwise direction as viewedin Fig. 20, the roller 63 easily clears the knife switch 65a but as theshaft continues to revolve in this direction the roller 63 cornes upbeneath the knife switch 63a. In order to avoid disengagement orthrowing of the switch I have curved the end of the plate 63a and hingedthe outer portion 52 of the lever 6|). The roller then, as it strikesthe underportion of the blade 53, will cause the hinged portion 62 ofthe lever to swing slightly, thus permitting the roller 63 to slide bythe blade 63a. The other roller B5, as the shaft continues to rotatecounterclockwise, will engage the switch blade 55a and force it inwardlyto break the circuit.

At the beginningr of the game, this lever at first advance breakscircuit 34 (otherwise the total scores and point after touchdown lightswould be lighted) the next advance this lever closes circuit 35d whichleads to light on the forty yard line, (one from each end of roller toeach forty yard line), which places the ball in position for the kickofffor the beginning of the gaine and these first two advances at thebeginning are made by using resetting device IDB (see Figs. 28 and 29).When the shooter makes first hit (ball being on the forty yard line) andadvances roller one point, the little roller on the end of hinged leverleaves the switch blade and the spring pulls switch blade back intocontact on circuit 54 which lights lamp on the third aclvance point, orthe ten yard line on opposite end of the field (which shows kickoffcompleted). The shooter continues to shoot as long as he does not missand the ball, or light, will advance across the iield ten yards at eachhit. If he misses the bulls-eye, the other shooter then shoots at theother bulls-eye, which operates the other motor and carries the ball orlight the opposite direction across the field. For example, supposing hemisses on the ten yard line, in regular order, the next advance would beto touchdown (light also showing position for kick) the next advancewould be kick completed and total scores. Now, in order for the rollerto show this, the hinged levers must not interfere with this circuit onthe reverse movement, and to accomplish this the levers Gil and 5i arehinged to allow them to pass alongside of the switch blade, the switchblade being curved slightly at a point to allow little roller on the endof hinged levers to pass alongside of switch blade 63a, This lever beinghinged allows it to pass alongside of switch blade and it does notaffect either circuit, thus allowing the touch-down and point aftertouchdown contacts to function for ending the game. As soon as thelittle roller on the end of hinged lever passes switch blade, whichrequires one advance of the roller, it springs back in straight positionread to show kickoff from that end of the roller should you want tostart the game with the same motor, as explained above. tien the saine,only from different ends of the held.

In Fig. 2l, 22 and 23 I have shown the distributing disk for thebaseball game. One side of the disk lli, which for convenience iscomposed of two metallic pieces, has five concentric wires 18 to 82,inclusive, thereon. 'Ihe other side of the disk has six concentricwires, these being broken so that the lights will flicker, indicating achange from one base to another. Appropriate contacts are secured in thearms I5 and 'I'I and wires lead from these contacts to the various lampson the baseball field. It will be observed that as. shaft 5i! revolves7due to a shooter impacting the target, the lamps will be successively'i4 and the contact drum 55 to their original position so that a gamemay be started. This mechanism is contained within a small box orcabinet generally indicated at I0!! in Figs. 28 to 3l, inclusive. Thetop of the box has a dial ||4 thereon and pointer ||3| which may be settoy any position from zero to ten so that the mechan-ism will go back toits original position, depending upon the position it was in when thepreceding game stopped. The cabinet |00 contains a small motor H3 whichhas a shaft ||4 extending upwardly therefrom and a pulley ||5. Thepulley forms one side of a friction clutch with the disk |53 which isspring pressed as shown. The under surface of the disk |03 is providedwith a cam |04 adapted to contact the roller |55 thus pivoting the bellcrank |06 and breaking the circuit when the bell crank, which also is aknife switch, moves upwardly.

In operation the toggle lever Iilfl is moved so` that either of theextremities III and ||2 engage the jaws of the switch to actuate eithertheright or left motor. The handle IDI is then turned to the number ofoperations desired. The ball |58 is pushed downwardly, thus making thecircuit and bringing the roller |65 up against L the under surface ofthe disk |03. rIhis starts motor |53 and it will continue to operateuntil the cam IM engages the roller |05, which breaks the circuit to themotor I3. The wires leading from the switch plate I I extend to theplate 35 shown in Fig. 16.

In Fig. 32 I have shown means for for positively locking thedistributing disk and contact drum in contact position. This meansconsists of a notched disk 83 secured to the shaft 50 and having notches84 adapted to receive reciprocating lever 35. The lever 85 is moved outof any one of the notches B4 when the levers 42 and 42a move to theright as shown in Fig. 32. This is accomplished by means of the crossbar 8B which engages the small projection 89 on lever 42 and thedependent member 8l secured to lever 35 which engages the smallprojection 8B on lever 420;. From this it willy bel seen that eithermotor L or R may retract its lever 42 or 42d and that Both rollers func-Cil the lever is withdrawn at the same time, thus permitting rotation ofthe shaft 50 and its accompanying mechanisms. When the proper contacthas been made by rotation of shaft 50 spring 13 causes lever 85 to moveto the left as viewed in Fig. 32, whereby it engages a notch 84 andpositively holds abutting contacts either on the contact drum 55 or thedistributing ldisk 14 in xed relationship. From this it will be seenthat I have provided a means of locking the contacts in desired positionwhich will avoid arcing and deterioration of the contacts. At the sametime the intensity of the current which is being transmitted will notvary so that the lamps will shine brightly and not flicker,

In Figs. 33 to 35, inclusive, I have shown a dice game which may beincorporated in the same cabinet as used with the various game panels.Only slight modiiication need be made of the original cabinet such asproviding a storage space for the game panels which are shown in dottedlines in Fig. 33. The dice apparatus comprises a box generally indicatedat 25 which may be slidably received in the cabinet. This box has asmall central partition |26 and an angular plane surface |21 whichmerges into a curved surface |23. The surfaces |21 and |28 extendcompletely across the box so that there is no difference in resistanceoffered to the two dice. A glass panel |29 is placed in the lower frontportion of the box |25 and is inwardly inclined so as to force the diceto the left as viewed in Fig. 34. The dice are actuated by means of thecross arm |30 which is secured to the lever |3| pivoted at |32. Spring|33 holds the lever |3| so that the cross arm lies below the dicenormally. A chain |34 connects lever |3| with an arm |35 on the shaft ofmotor R.

In operation the motor R is actuated when its target is impacted andthis causes the arm |35 to move downwardly as viewed in Fig. 34, whichexerts a pull on chain |34 and causes the cross arm |30 to sharplystrike the dice which throws them upwardly. During the upward movementof the dice they rotate a number of times and finally fall to rest, asshown, whereupon the out- Ward vertical faces can be read. The spacingof the glass panel |29 and the angular surface |21 insure the dicecoming to rest in the position shown especially in view of the fact thatthe surface |21 is too steep to permit either one of the dice or both tocome to rest thereon.

OPERATION or PANEL GAMES When the right motor turns lighting drum ordistributor 55 forward and fixed contacts 59a and 59h, Fig. 24, areabout to Contact points 56a and 56h on rotating lighting drum 55,ro-ller 63 of hinged lever Gil rides on blade 63a of switch 5| breakingcircuit 34 to all lights. On the next advance the make and break lever60 advances, pushing blade 63a of switch 5| in contact 35 closing switch5I of circuit 35o, which leads to light on the forty yard line on leftside of eld only. Contact points 56a and 56h are now connected but donot function because of circuit 34 still being broken to lighting drumor distributor 55. On the third advance of sprocket 43a the make andbreak lever 50 leaves switch blade 63a allowing spring 69 to pull arm63a back, breaking contact 35 of circuit 35a, and in the same operationswitch blade 63a contacts contact points 12 completing circuit 34, whichlights on the right ten yard line through point 59e of lighting drum 55.If the player continues to score a bulls-eye,

each hit shows a ten yard gain until he makes a touch down. The next andlast hit to complete the game, registers the point after the touchdownis completed. Also, on the score board is shown touchdown scored, pointafter touchdown is scored and total score. If left motor L starts thegame it works exactly the same from other end but just the reverseacross the eld. If the rst player, whom I shall designate R, fails toscore a bulls-eye at any point in the game, L the second player takesthe ball, shooting at the other bulls-eye, and each hit L makes shows aten yard gain toward Rs goal, thus it will be seen that Ls bulls-eyeturns the mechanism in the opposite direction to R. In other words onemotor turns the lighting drum one way and the other motor turns thelighting drum just the reverse. Naturally if one motor causes the lightsto advance across the iield in one direction, if the other motor isemployed by shooting at the other bulls-eye and this motor turnslighting drum just the opposite direction from the iirst motor thelights will naturally light in just the opposite order. If a footballteam is carrying the ball towards the north goal and loses possession ofthe ball on downs, and the other team takes the ball, they carry it inthe opposite direction or toward the south goal. This same condition isobtained by turning the lighting drum in one direction by one motor andthe reverse direction by the other motor.

Should R fail to score a hit at the ten yard position after the kickoffL would then shoot. Ii a hit is made hinged lever SB having just leftblade 63a of switch 5| which has just risen because of the spring 53,does not interfere or light on the forty yard line with reverse turn oflighting drum 55. As hinged lever 63 moves back it misses point ofcurved blade 63a, causing ber roller G3 to slide along outer verticalside surface .jf

of blade 63a by reason of spring 61 allowing hinged arm G2 to bendoutward. As soon as it has risen above switch blade 53a spring G1 pullsit back directly over blade 63a which places it in normal position.backward movement of hinged lever not to interfere with the normaloperation of the lights.

The same condition is true, of course, with the other motor.

A bullet is shot preferably from a standard iirearm going throughopening 5, Fig. 17, in the metal plate 4, which is illuminated by one ormore lights. The bullet strikes plunger target 24 which works in itsbushing and is tensioned by springs 21a, 21h and 25, causing disk 21 tostrike bumper plate 28 on rocker arm 29 which in turn causes rocker armto tilt up on pivot 35. Rocker arm 29 is limited in movement byadjustment 29a. This movement has caused fork 32 to be pulled, throwingswitch 33 into contact, and closing the circuit to the right as viewedin Fig. 17, to mo-tor R, causing motor arm 31 to turn backward (indirection of arrow, Fig. i7) tightening springs 4| and 43, pulling pushrod 42 until spring 43 pulls it in mesh with sprocket 49. When roller 38moves upwardly it strikes against bumper plate 39 of rocker arm 29,pushing it down on hinge bracket and lifting fork 32 which lifts blade33 of switch 53, breaking circuit |3c to motor R. Motor arm 31 havingbeen stopped by bracket 40 is then pulled against bracket 40a by spring4| and 43, causing push rod 42 to advance sprocket 49 one tooth. When atrest the push rod projects past last advanced tooth of sprocket,allowing lighting drum to be turned This operation has allowed in eitherdirection (see Fig. 17). Turning lighting drum 55 causes the shaft 50 torevolve in bearings 58 and 53a. There is also mounted on shaft 50 atension spring '12.

Baseball The game of baseball is mounted on a panel l5 approximately twofeet by three feet, showing a miniature diamond and eld, with lights athome plate, irst base, second base, third base, also lights on scoreboard showing scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, a home run adding four additionalscores.

On right end of panel, as viewed in Fig. 4, are twelve contact points,the top one R being the hot wire, and this is in the same position onall panels. These contact points are wired to lights on front of panell5. When panel l5 is pushed in place in the forepart of cabinet thesecontacts connect a like number of contacts in the cabinet (see Fig. 3)which run to lighting disk lli, Fig. 16, on shaft 50. The lighting disk'M is preferably composed of two metal plates. Copper wires 'I8 etc. ofdifferent lengths as shown in Figs 21 and 23 are fastened thereon andtwo iiber pieces 1E and ll, one having six contact points and the otherfive, which are spring tensioned, are supported adjacent the disk. Afiber piece 16a having a spring tensioned Contact 1lb. contacts lightingdisk T4, thus supplying current to the lighting disk (Fig. 22).

Golf

. by hole.

The game is set for play by advancing lighting drum 55 by use ofresetting device l0!! and automatic switch 5I, Fig. 16, as explainedunder football, until points are contacted. This closes circuit throughcontacts on end of panel and cabinet, lighting lamp at the tee-offposition. The game is ready to play, using R motor unit and if a hit ismade the unit advances lighting drum 55, causing points 56j and 59j tocontact, showing a one hold advance, lighting lamps at No. 1

hole and No. 2 tee. Each successive hit advances drum and lights lampsin like manner and when the ninth hit is made, the light at the ninthhole is lighted. Also a number of small lights (not shown) spelling theword golf may be lighted in circuit with the ninth hole lamp.

Basketball The game of basketball is mounted on panel i8, Fig. 7,showing a miniature basketball court. On the right side of panel asviewed in Fig. '7, are twelve Contact points, the point R being the hotwire, which are wired to small lamps in different positions over theeld. When the panel is placed in front position of the cabinet thesecontact points contact the proper points on the right side of thecabinet, closing the circuit to the lighting drum 55.

The ball is placed at center by use of resetting device l!) andautomatic switch 5I by advancing drum 55 until contact points 56e and59a close circuit, lighting lamp at center position.

The game is operated by right motor unit eX- plained under football.Each hit advances the ball one position until the first basket is made,which shows basket made and ball returned to other center, when sameprocedure is followed for balance of the game.

Tennis The game of tennis is mounted on panel I1 showing a miniaturetennis court. On the right side of panel, as shown in Fig. 7, fivecontact points, one of which is the hot wire R are wired to four smallelectric lamps in the proper position on the tennis court.

When the panel l'l is placed in the front portion of the cabinet, theseve points contact corresponding points on the right side of the cabinet,closing the circuit to lighting drum 55. The game is placed in readinessto be played by advancing lighting drum 55 by use of resetting deviceIll and automatic switch 5I, as explained under football, until points56e and 59e are contacted, thus closing the circuit through connectionson the end of panel l1 and the cabinet, lighting light in RI position.It will be noted that the tennis game is set up for the beginning ofgame by resetting device |00, and points 56e and 59e are contacted, thisstarts the game past the points that are broken by the make and breakdevice used in football. R serves to L.

If a hit is scored by R then L returns by shooting at Ls bulls-eye. If Lmakes a hit the ball is returned to Ri position and repeats in thismanner as long as hits are made. If R serves, but L misses on his shotthen pin` |518 on resetting device is employed which places ball in R2position. 1f R makes a hit, the ball is shown in L2 position byadvancing lighting drum one point and will continue in these positionsaslong as hits are made. Should L fail to hit in this position, the ballis returned to Rl position by changing current to L motor with switchm9, Fig. 29, setting pointer lill at No. 3, and pushing pin |08 onresetting device. For R to then serve from his R! position, change thecurrent back to R motor by throwing switch lil!) back to the R motor.The reverse of this operation will permit L to serve in the same manneras R. 1t will be noted that only four lights are employed on the tennispanel, and to get the light in proper position to start the game it isonly necessary to advance or re- K verse lighting drum the proper numberof contacts which is done as described by the resetting device.

It will now be seen that I have provided a cabinet which can contain alarge variety of games any one of which may be played by one or morepersons. An individual can play the games but the double targetarrangement permits two persons to engage in the competition and notonly obtain entertainment but at the same time improve theirmarksmanship.

The football game can be played much in the manner of a conventionalfootball game, that is, a shooter can have four shots at the targetcorresponding to the four downs in an ordinary football game. It hemisses then the other shooter may start and proceed in the same fashion.It will also be seen that the games closely simulate athletic games andpresent a wide variety so that the individual tastes of almost anyperson can be satisfied. In. the event that a shooter is notathletically inclined the dice game may be used. It will be observedthat I have prevented arcing of the contacts and means to successivelylight the various lamps and then light the scoring lamps and in additionthe sequence of lighting may be interrupted at any time, and by the useof my resetting device the game may be started over again. The apparatusmay be connected to an ordinary house current outlet and it will beunderstood that the resetting device is to be placed adjacent theshooter so that it is not necessary to approach the cabinet containingthe targets at any time, thus avoiding considerable danger.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the means andthe steps herein disclosed, provided those stated by any of thefollowing claims or their equivalent be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. A game apparatus comprising a representation of a playing field,lamps located at spaced intervals across said eld, a target and meansactuated by successive movements of said target to successively lightsaid lamps and another target also connected with said means to lightsaid lamps in a reverse direction.

2. A game apparatus comprising in combination, a cabinet, a panel havinga simulated ball game playing field on one face thereof, a plurality ofincandescent lamps positioned on said playing field to indicatesuccessive positions of a ball employed in playing said simulated game,a plurality of electric contact members carried by said panel,conductors connecting respective contact members and said incandescentlamps, a plurality of contact members mounted in said cabinet andpositioned tocontact said panel contact members, means for mounting saidpanel in said cabinet readily removable therefrom, said mounting meansbeing such as to effect positioning of said panel with respect to saidcabinet contact members to make electrical contact between said cabinetcontact members and said panel contact members, a projectile target, asource of potential, and means responsive to the impact of a projectileupon said target for connecting said source of potential with a cabinetcontact member.

3. A game apparatus comprising in combination, a cabinet, a panel havinga simulated ball game playing field on one face thereof, a plurality ofincandescent lamps positioned on said playing field to indicatesuccessive positions of a ball employed in playing said simulated game,

a plurality of electric contact members carried by said panel,conductors connecting respective contact members and said incandescentlamps, a plurality of contact members mounted in said cabinet andpositioned to contact said panel contact members, means for mountingsaid panel in said cabinet readily removable therefrom, said mountingmeans being such as to effect positioning of said panel with respect tosaid cabinet contact members to make electrical Contact between saidcabinet contact members and said panel contact members, a projectiletarget, a source of potential, and means responsive to the impact of aprojectile upon said target for connecting said source of potential witha cabinet contact member, said means including a distributor and a motoroperatively connected to said distributor to actuate the same, theconstruction being such that successive impacts against the target willlight said incandescent lamps in succession to indicate variouspositions of the ball during the playing of said simulated game.

4. A game apparatus comp-rising in combination, a cabinet, a panelhaving a simulated ball i' game playing field on one face thereof, aplurality of incandescent lamps positioned on said playing neld toindicate successive positions of a ball employed in playing saidsimulated game. a plurality of electric contact members carried by saidpanel, conductors connecting respective contact members and saidincandescent lamps, a plurality of contact members mounted in saidcabinet and positioned to contact said panel contact members, means formounting said panel in y tributor and a motor operatively connected tosaid distributor to actuate the same, the construction being such thatsuccessive impacts against the target will light said incandescent lampsin succession to indicate various positions of the ball during theplaying of said simulated game, and means to interrupt said successionand start the apparatus at the beginning of said game irrespective ofwhat particular lamp is lit.

CLARENCE R. SHULTZ.

